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IV.―Extract from “Table of Effect of Projectiles on the Walls of Fort Sumter,” Report of major William H. Echols, Confederate States Engineer, transmitted to Major D.B. Harris, Chief Engineer of the Department, with his Report, dated April 9, 1863.
No.
|
Projectile
(in.)
|
Penetration
(ft. in.)
|
Remarks
|
3
|
---
|
2’3”
|
Embrasure “A.” Exterior concrete keystone and interior embrasure arch knocked out; masonry cracked.
|
4
|
15
|
0’9”
|
Assisted No. 3; spent.
|
5
|
11
|
1’0”
|
Penetrated concrete and new masonry facing.
|
9
|
3 shots
|
2’6”
|
One 15-inch, two others not known; parapet wall cracked 25 feet in length; serious damage, perhaps by exploding shell.
|
10
|
15
|
2’3”
|
Interior arch of embrasure “B” dislocated; masonry between piers and embrasure badly shaken and projected.
|
12
|
15
|
1’6”
|
Shook masonry.
|
15
|
---
|
1’6”
|
Interior embrasure “C” arch broken; masonry cracked.
|
18
|
---
|
1’6”
|
Masonry shaken.
|
19
|
---
|
3’0”
|
Exploding shell on pier; not much internal injury.
|
21
|
---
|
1’6”
|
Masonry around embrasure “D” badly cracked and projecting inside.
|
22
|
15
|
5’0”
|
Penetrated, striking head of arch and thrown upward, tearing away a quantity of masonry, not seriously damaging body of masonry; exploded in casemate.
|
23
|
11
|
5’0”
|
Same effect as No. 22; destroyed embrasure “E.”
|
24
|
---
|
2’6”
|
Not seriously damaging body of masonry.
|
25
|
15
|
5’0”
|
Same effect as No. 22; destroyed embrasure “F;” exploded in parade.
|
27
|
---
|
1’4”
|
No serious damage.
|
29
|
---
|
2’4”
|
Serious damage; wall not much cracked.
|
31
|
15
|
1’0”
|
Knocked off one foot of angle.
|
35
|
---
|
1’6”
|
Shook masonry.
|
36
|
15
|
1’3”
|
Broke and projected in sole embrasure “G.”
|
41
|
---
|
2’1”
|
Exploding shell.
|
48
|
---
|
2’4”
|
Exploding shell cracked parapet wall.
|
49
|
---
|
---
|
Knocked out iron embrasure slab 1 foot wide, 6 inches thick, 3 feet long; indented it 1½ inches, and broke it in three places; shook masonry.
|
52
|
---
|
---
|
Entered western quarters and exploded, damaging walls.
|
54
|
---
|
---
|
Demolished 10-inch Columbiad carriage and chassis in southwest angle.
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NOTE.―Three shots in all struck or entered quarters. A sketch by Major Echols, showing the effect of these shots, will be found in Volume XIV of Official Records of the War of the Rebellion.
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IX.49―Names of Vessels, Officers Commanding them, and Armaments in the Attack on the Defenses of Roanoke Island, February 7, 1862, and Operations following at Elizabeth City and Newbern in which many of thee Vessels were engaged.
Name of Vessel
|
Commanders of Vessels
|
Armament
|
Stars and Stripes
|
Lt-Commanding Reed Werden
|
4 VIII-inch, 1 30-pounder rifled
|
Louisiana
|
Lt-Commanding Alexander Murray
|
1 VIII-inch, 3 32-pdrs, 1 12-pdr rifled
|
Hetzel
|
Lt-Commanding H.K. Davenport
|
1 IX-inch, 1 80-pdr rifled
|
Delaware
|
Lt-Commanding L.P. Quackenbush
|
1 IX-inch,1 32-pdr, 1 12-pdr rifled
|
Commodore Perry
|
Lt-Commanding C.W. Flusser
|
1 100-pdr, 4 IX-inch, 1 12-pdr rifled
|
Valley City
|
Lt-Commanding A.C. Chaplin
|
4 32-pdrs, 1 12-pdr rifled.
|
Underwriter
|
Lt-Commanding W.N. Jeffers
|
1 VIII-inch, 1 80-pdr rifled, 1 12-pdr rifled
|
Commodore Barney
|
Lt-Commanding R.T. Renshaw
|
4 IX-inch, 1 32-pdr, 1 12-pdr rifled
|
Hunchback
|
Lt-Commanding E.R. Calhoun
|
3 IX-inch, 1 100-pdr rifled
|
Southfield
|
Lt-Commanding C.F.W. Behm
|
3 IX-inch, 1 100-pdr rifled
|
Morse
|
Acting-Master Peter Hayes
|
2 IX-inch
|
Brincker
|
Acting-Master J.E. Giddings
|
1 30-pounder rifled
|
Lockwood
|
Acting-Master G.W. Graves
|
1 80-pdr rifled, 1 12-pdr rifled
|
Whitehead
|
Acting-Master French
|
1 IX-inch
|
Seymour
|
Acting-Master Wells
|
1 30-pdr, 1 12-pdr rifled
|
Ceres
|
Acting-Master McDiarmid
|
1 30-pdr rifled, 1 32-pdr
|
Putnam
|
Acting-Master Hotchkiss
|
1 20-pdr rifled
|
Shawsheen
|
Acting-Master Woodward
|
2 20-pdrs rifled
|
Granite
|
Master’s Mate Boomer
|
1 32-pdr
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X. ―Names of Commanding Officers and the Batteries of Vessels that engaged the ram Albemarle, May 5, 1864.
Name of Vessel
|
Commanding Officer
|
Battery
|
Shots Expended
|
Casualties
|
Mattabesett50
|
Commander John C. Fieber
|
2 100-pdr Parrott rifles
4 IX-inch Dahlgrens
4 24-pounders
2 12-pound howitzers
|
27 solid shot
23 solid shot
1 shrapnel
1 shell
|
3 killed
5 wounded
|
Sassacus
|
Commander F.A. Roe
|
2 100-pounder Parrott rifles
4 IX-inch Dahlgrens
2 24-pound howitzers
2 20-pound howitzers
2 12-pound howitzers
|
(Not given)
|
1 killed
19 wounded
|
Wyalusing
|
Commander W.W. Queen
|
2 100-pounder Parrott rifles
4 IX-inch Dahlgrens
2 24-pound howitzers
2 12-pd howitzers (1 rifled)
|
47 solid, 28 shell
37 solid, 33 shell
27 shrapnel, 18 shell
---
|
1 killed
|
Miami
|
Acting Volunteer Lt C. A. French
|
1 100-pounder Parrott rifle
6 IX-inch Dahlgrens
1 24-pound howitzer
|
41 solid shot
76 solid shot
---
|
---
|
Whitehead
|
Acting Ensign G.W. Barrett
|
1 100-pounder Parrott rifle
3 24-pound howitzer
|
17 solid shot
---
|
---
|
Commodore Hull
|
Acting Master Francis Josselyn
|
2 30-pounder Parrott rifles
4 24-pound howitzers
|
60 shell
24 shell
|
---
|
Ceres
|
Acting Master H.H. Foster
|
2 20-pdr Parrott rifles (pivot)
|
---
|
---
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XI.―List of Ordnance left on Morris Island on the night of its Evacuation, September 6, 1863.
Battery Wagner
|
Two X-inch Columbiads (1 dismounted and broken, 1 serviceable); 1 X-inch mortar, serviceable; 2 VIII-inch shell guns (1 serviceable, I injured by shell and carriage disabled); 2 VIII-inch siege howitzers (1 dismounted and broken to pieces); 1 VIII-inch S.C. howitzer, serviceable; 2 32-pounder smooth-bores, serviceable; 1 42-pounder carronade, serviceable; 1 VIII-inch siege mortar, brass, spiked with friction tube two days before evacuation; 3 32-pounder carronades, serviceable; 2 12-pounder howitzers, serviceable. Total, 17.
|
|
Battery Gregg
|
Two X-inch Columbiads (1 carriage injured and the other serviceable); 1 IX-inch Dahlgren, serviceable; 1 X-inch S.C. mortar, serviceable; 2 12-pounder howitzers, serviceable. Total, 6.
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XII.―Vessels Engaged in the Second Bombardment of Fort Fisher; their Armament, ammunition Expended, and Casualties in Action, January 14 and 15, 1865, Rear-Admiral D. D. Porter, U.S. Navy, Commanding Fleet.
LINE NO. 1
Names of Vessel
|
Commanders
|
Batteries
|
Shells Expended
|
Killed
|
Wounded
|
Missing
|
Brooklyn
|
Alden
|
2 100-pounders, rifled
2 60-pounders, rifled
20 IX-inch shell guns
|
Not given
|
2
|
12
|
0
|
Mohican
|
Ammen
|
1 100-pounder, rifled
2 30-pounders, rifled
6 IX-inch shell guns
|
---
17
419
|
12
|
0
|
0
|
Tacony
|
Truxtun
|
2 XII-inch
4 IX-inch
|
309
361
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Kansas
|
Watmough
|
1 100-pounder, rifled
1 30-pounder, rifled
2 IX-inch shell guns
|
---
91
394
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
Yantic
|
Harris
|
1 100-pounder, rifled
1 30-pounder, rifled
2 IX-inch shell guns
|
---
23
202
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
Unadilla
|
Ramsay
|
1 XI-inch shell gun
1 20-pounder, rifled
|
358
45
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Huron
|
Selfridge
|
1 XI-inch shell gun
1 30-pounder, rifled
|
300
---
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
Maumee
|
Chandler
|
1 100-pounder, rifled
1 30-pounder, rifled
2 32-pounders
|
117
14
206
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Pequot
|
Braine
|
1 150-pounder, rifled
1 30-pounder, rifled
6 32-pounders
|
146
33
319
|
3
|
5
|
0
|
Pawtuxet
|
Spotts
|
1 100-pounder, rifled
1 XI-inch
4 IX-inch shell guns
|
42
116
305
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Seneca
|
Sicard
|
1 XI-inch shell gun
1 20-pounder, rifled
|
222
30
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Pontoosuc
|
Temple
|
2 100-pounders, rifled
4 IX-inch shell guns
2 20-pounders
|
---
313
5
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
Nereus
|
Howell
|
1 60-pounder, rifled
2 30-pounders, rifled
6 32-pounders
|
94
122
324
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
LINE NO. 2
Names of Vessel
|
Commanders
|
Batteries
|
Shells Expended
|
Killed
|
Wounded
|
Missing
|
Minnesota
|
Lanman
|
1 150-pounder, rifled
4 100-pounders, rifled
1 XI-inch shell gun
42 IX-inch shell guns
|
89
---
70
1495
|
13
|
23
|
0
|
Colorado
|
Thatcher
|
1 150-pounder, rifled
1 XI-inch shell gun
46 IX-inch shell guns
|
---
80
756
|
3
|
14
|
0
|
Wabash
|
Smith
|
1 150-pounder, rifled
42 IX-inch shell guns
|
154
1781
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
Susquehanna
|
Godon
|
2 150-pounders, rifled
12 IX-inch shell guns
|
215
643
|
3
|
15
|
8
|
Powhatan
|
Schenck
|
3 100-pounders, rifled
1 XI-inch shell gun
14 IX-inch shell guns
|
Not given
|
3
|
19
|
7
|
Juniata
|
Phelps
|
1 100-pounders, rifled
2 30-pounders, rifled
6 VIII-inch shell guns
|
---
238
765
|
5
|
10
|
0
|
Shenandoah
|
Ridgley
|
1 150-pounder, rifled
1 30-pounder, rifled
2 XI-inch, rifled
|
---
30
287
|
6
|
0
|
5
|
Ticonderoga
|
Stedman
|
1 30-pounder, rifled
12 IX-inch shell guns
|
29
523
|
1
|
6
|
0
|
Vanderbilt
|
Pickering
|
2 100-pounders, rifled
2 30-pounders, rifled
12 IX-inch shell guns
|
18
65
87
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Mackinaw
|
Beaumont
|
1 XI-inch shell gun
6 IX-inch shell guns
|
190
749
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
Tuscarora
|
Frailey
|
1 100-pounders, rifled
2 30-pounders, rifled
6 VIII-inch shell guns
|
53
47
114
|
3
|
12
|
0
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